The Daily Index — Monday, May 27, 2024 · TLDR Index

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SCARLETT JOHANSSON TOLD OPENAI NOT TO USE HER VOICE

Scarlett Johansson alleges that OpenAI created a voice for ChatGPT that mimics hers without consent, leading her to seek legal advice. OpenAI has since paused using the voice and is discussing the issue with her representatives. The situation highlights concerns over the use of celebrity likenesses in AI applications.

theverge.com · 2 min

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GOLDEN GATE CLAUDE

A new research paper details the mapping of AI model Claude 3 Sonnet's inner workings, revealing "features" activated by concepts like the Golden Gate Bridge. By adjusting these features' strengths, researchers can direct Claude's responses to incorporate specific elements, demonstrating a novel method of modifying large language models. The research aims to enhance AI safety by precisely adjusting model behaviors related to potential risks.

anthropic.com · 2 min

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REINFORCEMENT LEARNING AT LYFT

The Lyft team used online reinforcement learning, rewarded by driver future earnings, to match drivers with riders. They were able to dramatically improve in real time and made an estimated $30m/year extra for riders.

arxiv.org · 21 min

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LESSONS ON REPRODUCIBLE EVALUATION OF LANGUAGE MODELS

Evaluating language models is hard and details on how to do it are hard to find outside of the largest firms. This paper shows a reproducible and powerful set of evaluation criteria. It includes a valuable discussion of perplexity evaluation in the appendix.

arxiv.org · 45 min

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IMAGE PERSONALIZATION WITH CLASSIFIER-GUIDED DIFFUSION MODELS

Researchers introduce a new approach to customize diffusion models for generating identity-preserving images from user-provided references. Unlike traditional methods that require extensive domain-specific training, this technique uses classifier guidance to steer diffusion models without additional training.

arxiv.org · 16 min

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MOBILENET-V4

MobileNet is a computer vision model with extreme performance and speed. It can run on edge devices. This blog post outlines the new model and some modern changes that went into its creation.

huggingface.co · 11 min

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AI'S COMMUNICATION REVOLUTION: WE'RE ALL TALKING TO COMPUTERS NOW

GPT-4o, OpenAI's latest AI model, bridges real-time communication between humans and machines, extending capabilities beyond text to include vision and audio. The AI revolution introduces a new wave of human-to-AI and eventual AI-to-AI interactions, likely impacting the dynamics of our social behaviors and business models. As this technology progresses, its effect on human communication will unfold, potentially catalyzing the creation of innovative companies and software solutions.

digitalnative.tech · 10 min

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MIXTRAL 8X22B ON A $400 CPU FASTER THAN READING SPEED (GITHUB DISCUSSION)

Thanks to recent advances from Mozilla's Llamafile project, it is now possible to run inference for the flagship model from Mistral at 20 tokens per second on a commodity CPU.

github.com

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I DON'T WANT TO SPEND MY ONE WILD AND PRECIOUS LIFE DEALING WITH GOOGLE'S AI SEARCH

Google's AI search feature is causing frustration by adding an uninvited three-second delay to search results, disrupting the user experience with unwanted information.

links.tldrnewsletter.com · 3 min

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LLMS ARE NOT SUITABLE FOR (ADVANCED) BRAINSTORMING

Large language models struggle with truly innovative brainstorming, often converging to consensus-based ideas rather than generating novel concepts.

piaoyang0.wordpress.com · 4 min